Norman Fell

Norman Fell

Known for
Acting
Born
March 24, 1924
Died
December 14, 1998 (aged 74)
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Norman Fell (born Norman Noah Feld; March 24, 1924 – December 14, 1998) was an American actor of film and television. He is most famous for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off, The Ropers. His film credits include Ocean's 11 (1960), The Graduate (1967), and Bullitt (1968). Early in his career, he was billed as Norman Feld. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1924, Fell graduated from Temple University with a bachelor's degree in drama. During World War II, he was an Air Force tail gunner in the Pacific. After the war, he studied acting and obtained small parts in television and on stage. His first regular TV appearance was in the comedy series Joe & Mabel (1956). Fell died in 1998 at the Motion Picture and Television Fund's retirement home in Woodland Hills CA, aged 74, survived by two daughters.

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Filmography

2011
Underground Entertainment: The Movie poster

Underground Entertainment: The Movie

Movie · as Norman (archive footage)

1996
The Destiny of Marty Fine poster

The Destiny of Marty Fine

Movie · as Daryl

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 1 ep

1995
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare poster

Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare

Movie · as Grandpa Joe Dooley

1995
The Naked Truth poster

The Naked Truth

TV · as Norman Fell · 1 ep

1993
Hexed poster

Hexed

Movie · as Herschel Levine

1992
The Naked Truth poster

The Naked Truth

Movie · as The Dentist

1992
The Ben Stiller Show poster

The Ben Stiller Show

TV · 1 ep

1991
You're Driving Me Crazy

You're Driving Me Crazy

Movie · as Doctor 'F'

1991
The Boneyard poster

The Boneyard

Movie · as Shepard

1991
With Friends Like These...

With Friends Like These...

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1991
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' poster

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

Movie · as Self

1991
For the Boys poster

For the Boys

Movie · as Sam Schiff

1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air poster

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

TV · as The Landlord · 1 ep

1989
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud poster

C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud

Movie · as Tyler

1989
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! poster

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

TV · as Ted Bull · 1 ep

1988
Murphy's Law poster

Murphy's Law

TV · 1 ep

1987
Stripped to Kill poster

Stripped to Kill

Movie · as Ray

1986
Sledge Hammer! poster

Sledge Hammer!

TV · as Doctor · 1 ep

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Norman Radburn · 1 ep

1986
It's Garry Shandling's Show poster

It's Garry Shandling's Show

TV · as Norman Fell · 1 ep

1985
Transylvania 6-5000 poster

Transylvania 6-5000

Movie · as Mac Turner

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · 1 ep

1984
The Jesse Owens Story poster

The Jesse Owens Story

Movie · as Marty Forkins

1984
Don't Ask Me, Ask God poster

Don't Ask Me, Ask God

Movie · as Jonesey

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Vince Shackman, Lt. Ralph Rupp · 1 ep

1984
Crazy like a Fox poster

Crazy like a Fox

TV · as Inspector Peyton · 2 eps

1984
1st & Ten poster

1st & Ten

TV · as Artie · 1 ep

1983
Uncommon Valor poster

Uncommon Valor

Movie · as Garvin

1982
Magic with the Stars poster

Magic with the Stars

Movie · as Self

1982
Matt Houston poster

Matt Houston

TV · 1 ep

1982
Teachers Only poster

Teachers Only

TV · as Principal Ben Cooper · 21 eps

1981
On the Right Track poster

On the Right Track

Movie · as The Mayor

1981
Paternity poster

Paternity

Movie · as Larry

1981
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats poster

The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats

Movie · as Jack McGuire

1981
Simon & Simon poster

Simon & Simon

TV · as Leo Nyquist · 1 ep

1980
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor

Dan August: The Jealousy Factor

Movie · as Sgt. Charles Wilentz

1980
For the Love of It poster

For the Love of It

Movie · as Hall

1980
This Year's Blonde poster

This Year's Blonde

Movie · as Pat Toledo

1980
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough poster

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough

Movie · as Sgt. Charles Wilentz

1980
Magnum, P.I. poster

Magnum, P.I.

TV · as David Albertson · 1 ep

1979
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special poster

Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special

Movie · as Self

1979
The Ropers poster

The Ropers

TV · as Stanley Roper · 28 eps

1979
Roots: The Next Generations poster

Roots: The Next Generations

TV · as Paul Reynolds · 1 ep

1978
Rabbit Test poster

Rabbit Test

Movie · as Segoynia's Father

1978
The End poster

The End

Movie · as Dr. Samuel Krugman

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Bill McCoy · 1 ep

1977
Three's Company poster

Three's Company

TV · as Stanley Roper · 76 eps

1977
Grizzly Adams poster

Grizzly Adams

TV · as Mitch Morgan · 1 ep

1976
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours poster

Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours

Movie · as Mr. Brockelman

1976
Guardian of the Wilderness poster

Guardian of the Wilderness

Movie

1976
The Bionic Woman poster

The Bionic Woman

TV · 1 ep

1976
Charlie's Angels poster

Charlie's Angels

TV · as Sammy Telford · 2 eps

1976
Rich Man, Poor Man poster

Rich Man, Poor Man

TV · as Smitty · 12 eps

1975
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold poster

Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold

Movie · as Stanly Nagel

1975
Death Stalk poster

Death Stalk

Movie · as Frank Cody

1975
Starsky & Hutch poster

Starsky & Hutch

TV · 1 ep

1975
Switch poster

Switch

TV · as Marty · 1 ep

1975
Fay

Fay

TV · 1 ep

1975
Ellery Queen poster

Ellery Queen

TV · as Errol Keyes · 1 ep

1974
Airport 1975 poster

Airport 1975

Movie · as Bill

1974
Thursday's Game poster

Thursday's Game

Movie · as Melvin Leonard

1974
Rhoda poster

Rhoda

TV · as Dr. Henry Gerber · 1 ep

1973
The Stone Killer poster

The Stone Killer

Movie · as Les Daniels

1973
Charley Varrick poster

Charley Varrick

Movie · as Mr. Garfinkle

1973
Police Story poster

Police Story

TV · 2 eps

1973
Needles and Pins

Needles and Pins

TV · as Nathan Davidson · 14 eps

1972
The Heist poster

The Heist

Movie · as Pat Dillon

1972
The Streets of San Francisco poster

The Streets of San Francisco

TV · as Juror · 1 ep

1971
Cannon poster

Cannon

TV · 1 ep

1971
McMillan & Wife poster

McMillan & Wife

TV · as Allan Kovacs · 1 ep

1970
The Boatniks poster

The Boatniks

Movie · as Max

1970
Catch-22 poster

Catch-22

Movie · as First Sgt. Towser

1970
Dan August poster

Dan August

TV · as Sgt. Charles Wilentz · 26 eps

1970
The Partridge Family poster

The Partridge Family

TV · as Mr. Bruner · 1 ep

1970
McCloud poster

McCloud

TV · as Lt. Ed Feldman · 1 ep

1969
Three's a Crowd poster

Three's a Crowd

Movie · as Norman, the Elevator Operator

1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium poster

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

Movie · as Harve Blakely

1969
Medical Center poster

Medical Center

TV · 1 ep

1969
Love, American Style poster

Love, American Style

TV · as Jack 'J.K.' Lewis · 1 ep

1968
Bullitt poster

Bullitt

Movie · as Captain Baker

1968
The Young Runaways poster

The Young Runaways

Movie · as Mr. Donford

1968
Sergeant Ryker poster

Sergeant Ryker

Movie · as Sgt. Max Winkler

1968
The Secret War of Harry Frigg poster

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

Movie · as Captain Stanley

1968
The Name of the Game poster

The Name of the Game

TV · as Winston Polk · 1 ep

1967
The Graduate poster

The Graduate

Movie · as Mr. McCleery

1967
Ghostbreakers poster

Ghostbreakers

Movie · as Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain

1967
Fitzwilly poster

Fitzwilly

Movie · as Oberblatz

1967
The Young Warriors poster

The Young Warriors

Movie · as Sgt. Wadley

1967
Mannix poster

Mannix

TV · as Daniel Brewer · 1 ep

1967
Ironside poster

Ironside

TV · as Lieutenant Haines · 1 ep

1967
Judd, for the Defense poster

Judd, for the Defense

TV · 1 ep

1967
The Invaders poster

The Invaders

TV · as Neal Taft · 1 ep

1966
That Girl poster

That Girl

TV · 1 ep

1965
Quick, Before It Melts poster

Quick, Before It Melts

Movie · as George Snell

1965
The F.B.I. poster

The F.B.I.

TV · as Ted Cullinan, Ken Haney, Victor Green · 1 ep

1965
The Wild Wild West poster

The Wild Wild West

TV · as Jeremiah Ratch · 1 ep

1964
The Killers poster

The Killers

Movie · as Mickey Farmer

1964
The Hanged Man poster

The Hanged Man

Movie · as Gaylord Grebb

1964
Bewitched poster

Bewitched

TV · 1 ep

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. poster

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

TV · as Mark Slate · 1 ep

1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World poster

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Movie · as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site

1963
PT 109 poster

PT 109

Movie · as Edmund Drewitch

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre poster

Kraft Suspense Theatre

TV · as Sgt. Max Winkler · 2 eps

1963
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

TV · as Lieutenant Ed Green, Lieutenant Cermak · 1 ep

1963
Mr. Novak poster

Mr. Novak

TV · as Barney Sanders · 1 ep

1963
The Lieutenant poster

The Lieutenant

TV · 1 ep

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · as Eddie Carr · 1 ep

1962
Sam Benedict poster

Sam Benedict

TV · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 9 eps

1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show poster

The Lloyd Bridges Show

TV · as Mel Baxter · 1 ep

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour poster

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV · as Al Norman · 1 ep

1961
Cain's Hundred poster

Cain's Hundred

TV · as Frank Driscoll · 1 ep

1961
87th Precinct poster

87th Precinct

TV · as Detective Meyer Meyer · 30 eps

1961
Ben Casey poster

Ben Casey

TV · as Manny Berger · 1 ep

1961
Dr. Kildare poster

Dr. Kildare

TV · as Dr. Keith Mayes, Arnold Vitnack · 1 ep

1961
The Defenders poster

The Defenders

TV · as George Capp · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1960
Ocean's Eleven poster

Ocean's Eleven

Movie · as Peter Rheimer

1960
The Rat Race poster

The Rat Race

Movie · as Telephone Repairman

1960
Inherit the Wind poster

Inherit the Wind

Movie · as WGN Radio Technician

1960
The Aquanauts poster

The Aquanauts

TV · as Oliver Pappas · 1 ep

1960
The Tom Ewell Show poster

The Tom Ewell Show

TV · 1 ep

1960
The Tab Hunter Show poster

The Tab Hunter Show

TV · 1 ep

1959
Pork Chop Hill poster

Pork Chop Hill

Movie · as S/Sgt. Coleman

1959
What Makes Sammy Run? poster

What Makes Sammy Run?

Movie · as Sammy's Brother

1959
Johnny Staccato poster

Johnny Staccato

TV · 1 ep

1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis poster

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

TV · as Dr. Caul · 1 ep

1958
Peter Gunn poster

Peter Gunn

TV · 1 ep

1957
The Violators poster

The Violators

Movie · as Ray

1957
Perry Mason poster

Perry Mason

TV · as Caspar Pedley · 1 ep

1956
Stanley poster

Stanley

TV · as Nick · 6 eps

1955
Playwrights '56

Playwrights '56

TV · 1 ep

1954
Twelve Angry Men poster

Twelve Angry Men

Movie · as Juror #1 / Foreman

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Wint Selby · 1 ep

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Juror #1 / Foreman, Jake · 1 ep